1. Making it Concrete: Working With Each Other to Move the Work Forward

2. 2 Purpose of this Session Participants will be able to identify and develop actionable steps to improve CCSS alignment.

3. Focus Areas for Implementation Support

4. Success with ELA 4

5. Implementation Support Jigsaw

6. 6 Activity Discuss how to create a sustaining culture for ELA teaching and learning.  Table 1: How can a school or district implement an action plan that reaches across all content areas?  Table 2: What does supporting teachers to improve instruction look like in your school/district/area you serve?  Table 3: What needs to be in place to help teachers, schools, or districts use data to make decisions?  Table 4: How does a school build leadership capacity around sustaining change in ELA classrooms? Rotate to next group when cued.  Note-taker/facilitator stays with original group to share findings and allow for more agreement/additions/discussion.  Share out as a whole group.

7. Planning For Success

8. Work with others in your district. If you represent a BOCES, try to work with a school you serve. Using the Planning for Success template, identify 1–3 actionable steps for each focus area. Think about these questions as you plan:  What can individual teachers do?  What can coaches do?  What can building administrators do?  What can BOCES representatives do? 8

9. 9 Q & A

10. Reflection and Closing

11. Next Steps: Office Hours Support Teachers to Improve Instruction....... Use Data Effectively........................... Build Leadership Capacity................... Expand Beyond ELA...................... Allocate Resources........................ Developing an Action Plan................. Peter Seidman Amy Howie Kelly Heineke Katanna Conley Aimee Nichols Katanna Conley 11

12. Online Parking Lot https://www.engageny.org/resource/ network-team-institute-materials- october-7-10-2014